Psalm 77:7
Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
Cross-references
Psalm 13:1 echoes the same lament: 'How long will you forget me?' — a direct parallel to the fear of eternal rejection.
Psalm 89:46 asks 'How long will you hide yourself forever?' — directly paralleling the question of eternal rejection.
Psalm 74:1 asks 'Why have you rejected us forever?' — a near-identical cry of abandonment, reinforcing the same fear.
Psalm 79:5 echoes the same cry 'Will you be angry forever?', sharing the Psalmist's anguish over God's prolonged anger.
Psalm 85:1 recalls God's past favor and restoration, contrasting with the current fear that He has spurned forever.
Psalm 85:5 asks 'Will you be angry with us forever?', a parallel question about the duration of God's displeasure.
Psalm 6:3 cries 'how long?', a parallel plea of distress that matches the Psalmist's anxious question about God's favor.
Psalm 43:2 echoes the same cry of rejection: 'Why have you rejected me?'—a parallel lament questioning God's abandonment.
Psalm 88:14 asks 'Why do you reject me?'—nearly identical to Psalm 77:7's question about God's lasting rejection.
Psalm 89:38 describes God rejecting His anointed — a specific instance of the general fear of rejection in Psalm 77:7.
Psalm 37:24 promises God upholds the stumbling — contrasting the fear of permanent rejection with assurance of support.
Lamentations 3:31 assures 'no one is cast off forever' — directly answering the fear of eternal rejection with a promise of restoration.
Lamentations 3:32 affirms that God's compassion follows grief, directly countering the fear of permanent rejection in the question.
Romans 11:1 answers the same question of rejection with 'By no means!', showing God has not cast off His people.
Romans 11:2 reinforces that God has not rejected His foreknown people, providing a definitive answer to the Psalmist's doubt.
Judges 6:13 has Gideon questioning God's abandonment, mirroring the Psalmist's doubt about God's favor being withdrawn.
Jeremiah 3:5 asks 'Will you always be angry?'—directly parallel to Psalm 77:7's question of eternal rejection.
Lamentations 5:20 asks 'Why do you always forget us?'—a near-exact parallel to Psalm 77:7's fear of being forgotten forever.
Ezekiel 37:11 quotes Israel saying 'our hope is lost'—echoing the despair of Psalm 77:7's question about God's favor.
Lamentations 3:21 marks a turning point: 'this I call to mind, therefore I have hope'—contrasting the despair of Psalm 77:7 with remembered hope.
In Mark 4:38, the disciples' cry 'Master, carest thou not?' echoes the psalmist's fear that God has cast off forever — both express feeling abandoned.